I was a live in care giver so my experience is quite unique. I made decent money but was basically on call 24/7. Even on my "off days" I had to come in and work. I was responsible for another life that wasn't my own or child. It can wear on a person.

What a terrible experience. They work you like a mule, no consistent support, management have little to no experience and are over burdened and are poorly trained themselves. Case loads are unsustainable - it’s like pushing mud uphill to really get anything done. Responsibilities far exceed ones capacity to make any difference.

Mean girl work place culture. Management is poorly trained Union was a joke

If you’re a cow and can sustain a herding mentality- and all you want is your PERS and then this is the place for you. God bless you. BUT If you’re motivated, progressive, have opinions other than groupthink and value work life balance then the bureaucracy of State employment may quickly dim your lights and kill the joy you once had about being a social worker.

"Management is rigged, unless you sleep with management. On the job bullying and harassment is well known and swept under the rug to protect more favorable people." Difficult people, poor management, unprofessional supervisor and selfish people.

Good place to work, it is secure and there is lots of opportunities to move up. They will also pay for college if you get a B or higher. One thing, if you are miserable in the position it is really easy to transfer to another location with the exact pay and benefits you are already receiving. I wish I had not quit, it was a bad decision, but then I would not know the joy of making a difference in peoples' for the better. Being a CNA makes me feel like I am giving back to society and no other job has made me feel like that.

The good: I was hired at $12/hr and 50 weeks later had sufficient promotions to make $17.75/hr.

The bad: Everything else. When I started, the agency was about to roll out it's new eServices platform. Trouble being, the platform was riddled with bugs to the point of 90% inoperability and Management decided to give everyone about an hour of training on this completely new system. Chaos ensued while Management put out memos about how great the new system was working.

Because nobody seemed to be doing anything to fix the problems I decided to help. I wrote a detailed 9 page list of every bug with the system. I shopped the list to everyone with any power I came across, none seemed to care or take interest, including the supervisor of the web platform help desk.

I then wrote a 200 page extraordinarily detailed technical guide for how eServices actually worked, how to get around the bugs, how to troubleshoot every known issue. I did this on my breaks and lunches over a three month period. The supervisor of the web platform help desk then claimed it had all been her idea and took full credit.

And so on and so forth. I kept coming up with ways to improve, Management kept coming up with reasons to do nothing about the myriad of issues. I'd hand deliver a solution in a bow and they'd refuse to open it.

They are very busy, Management. But they don't actually fix anything, ever. They constantly ask their staff for ideas for improvement, but never implement any of it.

The day before theymore... fired me an exasperated Manager told me point blank to stop coming up with LEAN ideas, this after I asked about the status of a project I'd brought to her a couple months prior.

The next day she fired me saying I was, "Not a good fit." Indeed! The motto of ESD should be: Effort Without Accomplishment.

Should you choose to work there keep your head down, do what you're told and ONLY what you're told, take no initiative whatsoever, and never rock the boat.less

Great place to work!!! From the other employees to the all-around chillax work environment. The hardest part of the job was of course being on the phone for 8 to 10 hours a day, however the feeling at the end of the day that you did everything in your power to assist each and everyone of the customers you would deal with on a day-to-day basis was very satisfying. I would with out a doubt recommend to anyone who was interested to go work for the State of Washington, you will not regret that you did.

1. Stepping stone2. No level playing field and high turnover 3. Nepotism, lack of appreciation for workhorses.4. Ego trips to dehydrated to spying.

Pros

Good stepping stone

Cons

Especially, since management doesn't invest in all it's employees. Especially, when they are constantly networking for themselves or relatives. Real need for mentorship, better pay, lack of advancement opportunities and value

The Smokey Point Office has great supervisors and a really supportive culture. I have been in several offices, but SPO is the best. This work is difficult and it's important to have a supportive office that has your back

I have an experience as community health facilitator ,infection prevention control officer. I always like to do my job completely with 100% accuracy ,I like to work on time because time is precious to me .I like to work in this company because their human right policy is in place and also help in promoting staff.

Management is rigged, unless you sleep with management. On the job bullying and harassment is well known and swept under the rug to protect more favorable people. Illegal drug use and harassment by male coworkers is also prominent and hidden. The benefits were great but in the end not worth the abuse I put up with for several years.

Lots and Lots of rules. Top down structure ex. listening meeting. Everything is rule based. No trying new things. Can't micro wave popcorn in case a person allergy walks in. Right leaning opinions bested not to even have opinions.